[UPDATE] Kmart and Sears Will Close Another 43 Stores in 2017

Update, July 10, 2017:Sears Holdings just announced the impending closure of even more Kmart and Sears locations, bringing the company's lights-out total to a whopping 236 stores in 2017 — according to CNN. That's about 20% of the brand's brick and mortar locations.

In a recent blog post release, Sears Holdings said that an additional 35 Kmart and eight Sears stores will shut their doors permanently before the end of the year in an effort to "focus on our best stores and return to profitability." Here's a list of the new locations that are on their way out (Floridians, we're so sorry, but it's not looking good):

Courtesy of Sears Holdings

Courtesy of Sears Holdings

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Stores marked with a single asterisk are scheduled to close in early August; locations marked with a double asterisk will shut their doors in early October.

Sears Holding maintains that the closures serve to fund the "transformation" of the company — they're focusing on smaller "concept stores," where customers can shop from a more curated selection integrated with a membership rewards program. While shoppers will surely be sad to see their local stores go, be on the lookout for liquidation sales starting as early as July 13.

Update, January 5, 2017: Even more stores will be closing, taking the total number to 108 Kmart locations and 42 Sears stores, Consumerist reports. Liquidation sales will start as early as tomorrow, and your best bet is to use a store finder online to locate your closest store, according to a release from Sears Holdings. The release calls the closings a, "difficult but necessary step as we take actions to strengthen the Company's operations and fund its transformation."

The stores on the list will start liquidating on January 6, and they'll be out of business between late March and mid-April, according to Business Insider. The latest batch of Sears stores closing will bring the total to 200 closures in one year, and by 2017 they'll have cut the number of stores by 60% since 2011. It's an alarming number, and Business Insider says they're shutting down stores to make up for losses from falling sales.